Steam-trap.



No- 834,978. PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

J. J. HASSBN. STEAM TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB,27,1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

- Application filed February 27, 1906. Serial no. 303,221.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. HAssEN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New York, county of New York, State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam- Traps, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in steam-traps, particularly thattype adapted to be used forregulating and controllin the discharge ofwater of condensation om steam-heating systems, &c., and has as itsobject the providing of means for the rapid and even discharge of watertherefrom, and means for starting the discharge of water from said trap,means for adjusting said waterdis charging means, and means forincreasing and decreasing the amount of water dischar ed from said trap.

Anot er object of my invention is that the apparatus as above describedconsists of so small a number of parts that it may be easily dissembledor assembled, cleaned, and repaired and that in replacing any of theparts thereof the user or artisan need not hold the trap out ofcommission for any great length of time, as the parts whereon the waterhas the greatest action are so simple that they re uire very littlealteration to be replaced.

n the following I have described, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, one embodiment of my invention, the features thereof beingmore articularly pointedout hereinafter in the c aims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view illustratingone form of my invention. Fig; 2 is an enlarged detailed crosssectionalview on the line A B of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail cross-sectional viewon the line C D of Fig. 1.. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of amodified form of construction, illustratin my invention as applied to averticallylarusting discharge-controlling valve. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal sectional viewon the line E F of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is anenlarged detail view of the valve-operating parts as shown in Fig. 4. 7

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

1 ind'cates a casing or reservoir provided with a suitable cover 2, saidcover 2 being adapted to be fastened thereto by bolts or any othersuitable means. The bottom or floor 3 of said casing slopes downwardlytoformed therein a channel 4, said channel being adapted to collect themud and sediment washed into said trap by the action of the water-feed.

5 is a ball-float havin an arm 6 pivotally mounted on a cross-sha t 7,fixed in the side walls of the trap-casing 1. Rigidly fastened to theenlarged collar 8 of the arm 6 a forked arm 9 is provided, said forkedarm having two leg members 10 and 11, each of said members being adaptedto berounded at their lower ends, as at 12, to permit of the freemovement of said members on the adjusting-disks, the object of saiddisks being hereinafter described.

The discharge means comprises a pipe connection 13, adapted to bescrewed into a nipple-lug 14, formed on the face-casting of the I casing1, said pipe connection 13 on its outer end being screw-threaded, as at15, to receive coupling-nut 16* of the discharge-pipe connection 17. Thepipe connection 13 at its outer end has formed on the inner peripherythereof a circular lug 18, adapted to form a seat for the tapered nut orhead 19 of the discharge-pipe, said tapered nut 19 having formed thereina valve-seat 20.

21 is a rod interposed in said pipe connection 13, extendinglongitudinally thereof into the trap-casing 1 and provided at its innerend, as at 22, with a smooth bearing-surface slidably mounted in abearing 23, said bearing being in turn mounted in the sides of thecasing 1. The object of said bearing 23 is to provide a means to preventthe vertical or side motion of the rod 21 when the valve-rod isoperated. Rod 21 has formed thereon an enlarged threaded ortion 24,adapted to receive adjusting-disks 25 and 26, the object of saidadjusting-disks being to regulate the throw of the forked arm 9 and toincrease and decrease the amount of water discharged by the dischargingmeans.

27 is a valve-head mounted on the extreme outer end of the rod 21,adapted to open and close the passage in discharge-pipe connection 17 28and 29 are disks mounted on rod 21 and adapted to assist the main forceor action of the discharge means, said disks also acting as bearings forsaid rod 21. The object of passage-ways 30, cut on the outerperiphery ofsaid buffer-disks, is to provide a cuttingor agitating means in casesediment should collect in the discharge-pipe connection 13, said ICCisk b ing. dap ed t li e lon tudina y thereof in pipe connection 13.Said bearings or buffer-disks 28 and 29 have on their constructionillustrating a vertically-operating controlling-valve as applied to atrap of the class described.

35 indicates the casing or reservoir, provided with a suitable cover 36,said casing 35 having a sloping bottom 37. 38 is a channel formed in thebottom thereof directly beneath the inlet 39, said inlet being providedwith a controlling-valve 40. The object of said channel 38 is as abovedescribed.

41 is a ball-float provided with an arm 42, pivotally mounted, as at 43,on lug 44, said lug 44 being cast with the casing 35. Arm 42 at thepivotal end thereof has an enlarged weighted portion 45, adapted topartly balance the discharge-controlling means.

The discharge-valve in Fig. 4 comprises a vertically-mountedvalve-casing 46, having formed on its central portion a hexagonal lug47, adapted to rest on bottom 37 and engage a correspondingly-shaped lugportion 43, cast with the bottom of said trap-casing 35. Valve-casing 46is threaded, as at 49, to receive jam-nut 50 at one portion thereof andat its extreme lower end a coupling-nut 51 on the discharge-pipeconnection 52. V alvecasing 46 at its upper end or mouth portion 53thereof is constructed so as to form a valve-seat for valve-cap 54. Saidvalve-cap 54 is adapted to be hinged to valve-casing 46, as indicated at55, and'has means mounted thereon for the vertical adjustment of saidvalve-cap, the object being to provide a means of fitting said cap tothe valve-seat when the walls of the valve-casing are disintegrated bythe action of the water thereon, also to provide an easier mode ofrepairing said valve-seat when the trap is out of commission. Valve-cap54 has formed thereon a lug 56, adapted to receive a pin 57, passingthrough a slot 58 in a connecting-link 59. Said connecting-link 59connects valve-cap 54 and float-arm 42 and at its pivotal portion 60 insaid float-arm 42 is provided with a series of adjusting-holes 61, theobject of said adjusting-holes 61 being to provide a means of increasingand decreasing the stroke or leverage of the discharge means.

The operation of the device is as follows:

In Fig. 1 controlling-valve 33 in steam-inlet pipe 32 is opened,permitting steam to enter into casing l for condensation. The water asit accumulates in the trap will rise to about one-half of the trapscapacity before it discharges therefrom; but in case the wateraccumulates too fast and the discharge means will not permit the waterto flow freely through said discharge means controlvalve in by-pass 31is opened, thus assisting the discharging means and permitting a greaterquantity of water to pass therefrom. If in case the discharging meansdoes not discharge a quantity great enough to exhaust the trap in therequired time, adjusting-disks 25 and 26 are regulated to permit of thegreater movement of the dischargecontrolling means, permitting the rod21 to have a greater horizontal movement.

The buffer-disks 28 and 29 are so constructed that they assist thedirect force of water acting thereon and provide a means for the evendischarge of water from the trap.

In Fig. 4 the discharge-controlling means is practically as abovedescribed, except that the said discharge means is a directverticallyoperating discharge. The object of the saidverticallyoperating discharge is to provide a more compact device. It isobvious that the action of the water in the above-d escribed trap willactuate the ball-float 41 and in turn open and closethe valve-cap 53,and that the parts embodying my invention are so simple in. theirconstruction that the operation of the discharge-controlling means willact more freely with the action of the water contained therein, and thatin repairing the respective parts thereof very little alteration isrequired.

It is further obvious that the forms of my invention illustrated hereinmay be widely varied from without departing from the spirit of myinvention, and I do not restrict myself to the details shown.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is

1. An apparatus of the character described comprising a casing,steam-inlet means connected therewith, horizontallymoving dis chargemeans interposed in said casing,means for automatically actuating saidvhorizontallymoving discharge means, means for evenly controlling thedischarge of water therefrom, and means for assisting the saidautomatically-controlled discharge means.

2. An apparatus of the character described comprising a casing,steam-inlet means connected therewith, horizontally-moving dischargemeans interposed in said casing, means for automatically actuating saidhorizontallymoving discharge means, means for evenly controlling thedischarge of water therefrom, means for regulating saidautomatically-actuated discharge means, and means for assisting the saidautomatically-controlled discharge means.

3. An apparatus of the character described for automatically actuatingsaid hrizontallymoving discharge means, means for decreasing the saidautomatically-controlled discharge means, means for evenly controllingthe discharge of water therefrom, and means for assisting the saidautomatically controlled discharge means.

5. An apparatus of the character described comprising a casing,steam-inlet means connected therewith, horizontally-moving dischargemeans interposed in said casing, means for automatically actuating saidhorizontallymoving discharge means, means for regulating the movement ofthe discharge means, means for evenly controlling the discharge of,water therefrom, and means for assisting the saidautomatically-controlled .discharge means.

6. An apparatus of the character described including'a casing,steam-inletv means connected therewith, an automaticallycontrolleddischarge-valve interposed in said casing, said automatically-controlleddischarge means comprising a valve-rod, adjusting means mounted therein,buffer means adapted to operate in conjunction therewith, and anadjustable closing means mounted on said valve-rod.

7. An apparatus of the character described including a casing,steam-inlet means connected therewith, automatically-controlleddischarge means interposed in said casing, said automaticallycontrolleddischarge means comprising a valve-rod, dischargeassisting means mountedthereon, actuating means connected therewith, and means for regulatingthe throw of said actuating means.

8. A discharge-valve of the character described comprising ahorizontally-actuated valve-rod, dischargeassisting means mountedthereon, closing means mounted on said valve-rod and means forregulating the throw of said horizontally-actuated valve-rod.

9. A discharge-valve of the character described comprising ahorizontally-actuated valve-rod, discharge-assisting means mountedthereon, closing means mounted on said valve-rod, and means forincreasing and decreasing the movement of said discharge means.

10. An apparatus of the character described comprising a casing,steam-inlet means connected therewith, vertically-operated dischargemeans mounted therein, sediment-collecting means, means for actuatingsaid vertically-operated discharge means, and means for regulating thethrow of said vertically-operated discharge means.

11. An apparatus of the character described comprising a casing,steam-inlet means connectedtherewith, vertically-operated dischargemeans mounted therein, sediment-collecting means, means for actuatingsaid vertically-operated discharge means, and means for increasing anddecreasing the discharge of said vertically-operated discharge means.

12. An apparatus of the character described including a casing,steam-inlet means connected therewith, automatically controlleddischarge means mounted in said casing, said automatically-controlleddischarge means comprising a valve-casing, having formed thereon avalve-seat, acap adapted to be seated in said valve-seat, adjustingmeans connected thereto, and means for actuating said valve-closingmeans.

13. An apparatus of the character described including a casing,steam-inlet means connected therewith, trolled discharge meansinterposedin said casing, said automatically-controlled discharge meanscomprising a valve-rod, avalvehead on said valve-rod, a seat for saidvalvehead, discharge-assisting means mounted on said valve-rod,actuating means connected therewith, and means for regulating the throwof said actuating means.

14. An apparatus of the character described including a casing,steam-inlet means connected therewith, automatically-controlleddischarge means interposed in said casing said automatically-controlleddischarge means comprising a valve-rod, a valve-head on said valve-rod,a seat for said automatically con- IIO valve-head, a discharge-assistingmeans comprising a valve-rod having mounted thereon means for forming acompression in a passage way, actuating means connected therewith andmeans for regulating the throw of said actuating means.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing. witnesses.

, JAMES J. HASSEN.

Witnesses:

RoB'r. W. ASHLEY, OLIN A. FOSTER.

